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Amboy man sentenced to 90 years in prison

An Amboy man received a sentence of 90 years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of 5 counts of 1st degree murder in a killing that took place in July of 2012.

Authorities arrested 33-year old Matthew Welling in the death of 79-year old Leroy Daniels of Amboy.

Police say that Daniels was slashed, stabbed, and beaten to death with a jagged, broken glass vase which was about 10 inches long. Authorities found an ID along with DNA evidence at the scene of the crime which resulted in the arrest of Welling.